The VW bug frame is finally painted Start reinstall #361

With the priming and filling complete, I can now spray on the Eastwood heavy duty chassis paint. I have given the paint about a week to fully cure so now it’s time to start bolting things back on. I have reinstalled the front running gear so that the frame can roll back over the engine and drive-chain. I need to lift and drop the frame slowly back in place. Hopefully nothing will get damaged.

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More pictures, see “MR2 VW Bug pics page 7”.

I now have another new slide show on the “MR2 VW Bug pics page 7” page. MR2 VW bug pics page 7

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Finally uploading some pictures, see “MR2 VW Bug pics page 7”.

I know I’m late on uploading some new pictures, but I now have a new slide show on the “MR2 VW Bug pics page 7” page. MR2 VW bug pics page 7

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Finish priming the custom VW bug chassis #360

Finally paint. I can finally put paint to frame. This has been a long time coming. I hope I didn’t forget anything. The primer is Eastwood’s rust encapsulator to insure that the frame will not rust. The primer has been forced, as best I could, into all the cracks and crevices. I will now need to paint it with Eastwood’s heavy duty chassis paint.

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Start priming and filling the VW bug frame #359

I am basically ready to paint the upper half of the frame. I have filled and sanded down everything that needs it. All I have to do is wipe the frame down and apply the primer.

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Start cutting pass-through holes in rear fire-wall #357

I need to drill out the holes in the rear fire-wall for various tubes. There is a gas tank filler neck tube, two holes for the heater core runs, two holes for the A/C runs, one hole for the hydraulic clutch line and one for the rear brake line. Once all these holes have been drilled I can continue on with the painting.

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E-brake cable runs inside of the VW bug frame #356

Before I can paint the top of the frame there is a couple of things I gotta do. The e-brake cable run partially inside the frame and partially outside. So I am creating a couple of brackets to hold the nylon cable guides to route the cables to the lever assembly.

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Flip frame back over – upright, finish up a few things #355

Now that the botom of the frame has been painted, I can turn it back over, upright. There are a couple of things left to do before paint.

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Finish painting the bottom of the VW bug frame #354

After I finished priming the bottom of the frame, I painted it with heavy duty chassis paint. I will give this a few days to cure and then flip it back over upright. I can then focus on finishing the frame paint.

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